Police chase ends with crash into Sterling house

Friday

Mar 15, 2013 at 6:00 AMMar 15, 2013 at 10:55 AM

A Fitchburg man was arrested Wednesday night after crashing his car into a house in Sterling and fleeing on foot.

At 7:57 p.m., Trooper Dan Riopel, a member of the Massachusetts State Police Troop C Community Action Team (CAT), attempted to stop a motor vehicle on Route 190 in Sterling for speeding. The vehicle operator refused to stop and a short motor vehicle pursuit ensued. The fleeing operator lost control of the vehicle on Leominster Road (Route 12) in Sterling and crashed in a house at 261 Leominster Road.

The operator fled on foot from the crash scene. The female passenger Kayla M. Therrien, 22 of Worcester, remained in the vehicle. According to State Police, Therrien misled troopers by misidentifying the driver. She was eventually transported by ambulance to Health Alliance Leominster Hospital for evaluation of unknown injuries sustained in the crash.

Troopers from the Holden and Leominster barracks, along with a Massachusetts State Police K-9 Team, responded to the area of the crash and conducted a search for the operator. The operator, Jarrod A Lamore, 21 from Fitchburg, was discovered by Trooper Brian Frechettte and his K-9 Nanuk, at 9:20 p.m. hiding under a set of stairs inside a barn located on Pratt Junction Road. Lamore was arrested and transported to the Massachusetts State Police Barracks in Holden. He was charged with operating without a license, failure to stop for the police, speeding, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, leaving the scene of a personal injury accident, leaving the scene of a property damage accident and reckless operation of a motor vehicle.

He was held overnight and appeared in Clinton District Court on Thursday. His arraignment on Thursday was continued to Friday, March 15.

The home at 274 Leominster Road sustained significant damage to the left side of the home in the area of the carport.